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Neutrality• Most Americans wanted

to stay out of World affairs

• US fought in WWI for democracy, yet imperialism still existed

• US had its own problems at home-the Great Depression

• Congress passes the Neutrality Acts in an effort to keep America out of the War.

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• December 7, 1941-Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor

Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy…FDR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhtuMrMVJDk (FDR Speech video #10)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX4sTBJ0tvA (attack on Pearl Harbor video #9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl2tHMcaLRk (remembering Pearl Harbor)

US enters the War:

• December 7, 1941-Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

• December 8, 1941-FDR asked Congress to declare war on Japan

• December 11, 1941-Italy and Germany declare war on the U.S.

Enlistment and Patriotism• The American military was

not prepared for an all out war.

• The U.S. calls on American men to enlist.

• In fact the Government is overwhelmed by the number that decide to join.

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Shift in Production

• American Industry had to go from peace time production to war time production

• GM, Ford, and Chrysler went from creating cars to tanks.

• Boeing from regular airplanes to bombers and fighter planes.

• Gun makers like Colt, from hunting rifles to machine guns, flamethrowers, war rifles.

War Production• In full war mode, the U.S.

was producing weapons faster than anybody around thought that it would or could.

• In one month, the U.S. was able to produce up to 4,000 tanks and 4,500 planes.

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CONTRIBUTIONS OF LABOR

• By 1944, nearly 18 million workers were laboring in war industries (3 x the number in 1941)

• More than 6 millionwere women and nearly 2 millionwere minority.

As in WWI…

• Rationing

• Victory gardens

• War bonds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TUPUbvO0eU (Bugs Bunny war bonds)

Executive Order 9066

• February 19th 1942: Executive Order 9066 moved 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes into internment camps.

• The US justified their action by claiming there was a danger of Japanese Americans spying for Japan

• More than 2/3 of those interned were American citizens and 1/2 of them were children.